User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 27

January 27

 * 1915 - United States Marines occupy Haiti.
 * 1939 - The President of the United-States Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.
 * 1941 - World War II: Fighting at Derna, Libya, begins Following the capture of Tobruk 2 brigades of the 6th Australian Division under Major General Iven Mackay pursued the Italians westwards and encountered an Italian rear guard at Derna.
 * 1943 - World War II: 50 bombers mount the first entirely American air raid against Germany, targeting Wilhelmshaven.
 * 1951 - Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats.
 * 1967 - More than 60 nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.
 * 1973 - Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War.